pretend - live

Live from the Trauma Factory
Thanks for tunin' in
Peace and love
Yeah

I can be a burden, baby, I can be a psycho
They called me a mistake and wrote me off like a typo
And life just keeps on hittin' me, I swear that I'ma fight though
So hit me with your best shot, starin' down the rifle

I been lookin' back, ridin' on my motorcycle
I remember nights when I was feeling suicidal
I was fallin' out, boy, dead on arrival
Couldn't see the signs, I was livin' in denial

I'm on the edge
You're in my head, so

Tell me you need me
Even when you don't
I don't know when this will end
Tell me you'll stay now
Even if you won't
Baby, we can play pretend

I guess that what I'm sayin' is
I'm scared of goin' back
I remember every struggle, every panic attack
You saw the life inside my eyes fade away over time
I couldn't pick up a guitar
I couldn't think of a rhyme

I needed somethin' to believe in
Somewhere that I could hide
They told me I should stop pretendin'
Always kept it inside
And I was hopin' these emotions were a lack of serotonin
Never thought that my own brain could ever turn to an-

Tell me you need me
Even when you don't
I don't know when this will end
Tell me you'll stay now
Even if you won't
Baby, we can play pretend

Shoutout to everybody watchin', man
And it goes like this
Are you okay, tell me, are you okay?
Nothin' to say now, waitin' for the breakdown
Are you okay, tell me, are you okay?

Tell me you need me
Even when you don't
I don't know when this will end
Tell me you'll stay now
Even if you won't
Baby, we can play pretend

Are you okay, tell me, are you okay?
Nothin' to say now, waitin' for the breakdown
Are you okay, tell me, are you o-
Baby, we can play pretend